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doddle

(dɒdəl)
singular noun
If you say that something is a doddle, you mean that it is very easy to do.
[British, informal]
Synonyms: piece of cake, picnic [informal], child's play [informal], pushover [slang, informal] More Synonyms of doddle

doddle in British English

(ˈdɒdəl)
noun
British informal
something easily accomplished
Word origin
C20: perhaps from dodder (vb) to totter

Examples of 'doddle' in a sentence
doddle

And they made it seem a doddle.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It really does seem a doddle.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Money is a doddle, compared with domestic matters.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Lord of the Rings was a doddle compared to cramming your bits into a clingy red dress.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
And although the hike is tame, it's not a complete doddle.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And throughout his two hours on stage, he makes entertaining 3,000 strangers seem a doddle.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Perhaps most importantly, it's an absolute doddle to use and comes in a range of nice colours.
The Sun (2013)
Wild and remote as it is, it's a comparative doddle compared with some of his past exertions.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Cooking beef is an absolute doddle but it's well worth spending a bit of time and effort shopping around for the joint best suited to your needs.
The Sun (2013)
(noun) 
Definition
something easily accomplished
(British, informal) 
Running the association should be a doddle.
Synonyms
piece of cake
picnic (informal)
Emigrating is no picnic.
child's play (informal)
pushover (slang, informal)
You might think Hungarian is a pushover to learn, but it isn't.
no sweat (slang)
cinch (slang)
cakewalk (informal)
money for old rope
bludge (Australian, New Zealand, informal)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of picnic
Emigrating is no picnic.
Synonyms
walkover (informal),
breeze (informal),
pushover (slang),
snap (informal),
child's play (informal),
piece of cake (British, informal),
cinch (slang),
no-brainer (informal),
cakewalk (informal),
duck soup (US, slang)
in the sense of pushover
Definition
something that is easily achieved
You might think Hungarian is a pushover to learn, but it isn't.
Synonyms
piece of cake (British, informal),
breeze (informal),
picnic (informal),
child's play (informal),
plain sailing,
doddle (British, slang),
walkover (informal),
cinch (slang),
no-brainer (informal),
cakewalk (informal),
duck soup (US, slang),
piece of piss (taboo, slang)

Nearby words of
doddle

  • documentary
  • dodder
  • doddering
  • doddle
  • dodge
  • dodger
  • dodgy

Synonyms of 'doddle'

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